Washington softball All-American Jenn Salling returns as assistant coach

The Washington Huskies hired former All-American

After hitting coach Victoria Hayward left the Washington Huskies for the head coaching job with the Nevada Wolfpack, coach Heather Tarr went out and hired a more than suitable replacement in Jenn Salling.

A bronze medalist with Team Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics and a two-time NFCA All-American during her career at Washington, her .474 on-base percentage is good for No. 5 in school history. Stalling also holds Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year and All-Pac-10 first-team selections, along with a .342 career batting average and 92 runs batted in.

She spent two years under Tarr as a graduate assistant and worked as an assistant at the University of Central Florida before returning to Montlake.

“Husky Nation, I am so excited to be back home,” Salling said in a statement. “First, I want to thank Coach Tarr and the University of Washington athletic department for providing me the opportunity to give back to the program that significantly impacted my life both as a person and a softball player. I am honored to be in a position to carry on the 30-plus years of excellence that the University of Washington softball program has built. Go Dawgs forever!”

“Jenn Salling brings high-level experience in all areas of coaching to our program,” Tarr said. “Her recent experience under coach Cindy Ball-Malone at UCF readies her for this role. She will combine to help develop our offense and our defense. I am super excited to bring Jenn back home for this opportunity to continue building on the legacy of Husky Softball.”

Now, with the coaching staff set, it can continue its quest toward rebuilding the roster, which has seen eight departures in the transfer portal.

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